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‘It’s like a living installation’: a young family’s Fear and Loathing portrait

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Clarissa and Tim Harris show us the gonzo painting they commissioned, which will grow with their family

The Guardian - AU · Dec 16, 2022

A day at the beach: ‘I gawped as surfers carved along the huge waves. It was too late to back out’

Out of her group of beginner surfer friends, Gill Hutchison was by far the worst. She tried and failed, until the seemingly impossible happened

The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2022

‘Everyone wants to smell it’: a seedy university art project finds order in chaos

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Anna Matilda shows us the project she made as a student years ago – and has recently unearthed

The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2022

Rone takes over Flinders Street Station’s hidden ballroom: ‘It’s my biggest project yet’

The artist brings one of Melbourne’s legendary spaces to life with an immersive installation that places visitors inside a meticulously crafted story

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2022

Victoria Greens spruik family ties in election pitch as ageing millennials defy drift to conservatism

Reproductive rights and parenting become hot topics in state election as parties on the left court women and young families

The Guardian - AU · Oct 21, 2022

Staunch or stubborn? Lidia Thorpe on the voice, the treaty and real power

The Greens senator has faced criticism over her lacklustre support for an Indigenous voice to parliament but she remains resolute

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022

Australians who’ve sworn off flying: ‘If you get on a plane, you’ve undone a year’s worth of good’

Forgoing air travel is challenging in a country without convenient alternatives. But Australians who have stopped flying feel it’s a sacrifice proportionate to the climate crisis

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022

‘Just too much rain’: small-town Australians survey damage after massive flooding

As thousands of people fled their homes, many Victorians and Tasmanians sat in darkness, ready with sandbags and shovels to fight the rain

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022

Hive-mind writing: how two children’s authors brainstormed a book on Twitter

They had never met and lived 3,000km apart, but Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble conspired online to write a YA pandemic novel – well before Covid hit

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2022

‘I vomited almost every morning’: not enough being done to protect apprentices, report finds

Victoria needs to undertake more field checks on employers of apprentices to deter bullying and increase retention, says McKell Institute CEO

The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2022